OOTS #1298 - The Discussion Thread

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Headcanon: Bloodfeast isn't trying to hurt Calder, he's just freaking out from being thrown and grabbing onto the most solid thing in front of him.

The expression on his face while he's being thrown would suggest otherwise.

In an AMF the greatsword does bog standard greatsword damage. Calder's claws naturally do the same base damage (or more) already, and he's proficient in their use. Also, I might argue against strength damage if holding an improvised weapon in an awkward manner like that as well (so likely less damage than he'd just do using his claws like normal). That doesn't preclude Rich having it stick into Bloodfeast anyway, because it's cool, but realistically that's not going to do a whole lot of damage.

Would it really be cool? It feels like it'd undercut the dramatic moment. Obviously there's still space here for Calder to fight back and we shouldn't assume that this is the end of the fight, but having Bloodfeast's big epic return to form (literally) interrupted by impaling himself on Roy's greatsword feels a bit like having stuff happen just for the sake of it.